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154 Thinking about the future 12 LANGUAGE SKILLS EXPLORE EXTRAS Replace the underlined parts of the questions with a–h to make new questions. LanguagE fOCuS 19 Interview questions In pairs, prepare for a job interview for the position of HR Assistant. 1 Make a list of questions you’d ask an applicant. Use 19 and your own ideas. 2 Now imagine you’re the applicant. Say how you’d answer your own questions. Change pairs. Have job interviews. Take turns to be interviewer and candidate. Go back to your first partner. Discuss the people you interviewed and decide who you’d offer the job to. Who were offered jobs? Why? Would anyone really like to work in the Antarctic? Read this blog post on preparing for interviews. Add the missing prepositions. to (5x)  on (3x)  with  in (3x)  of  over a SPEaKIng 20 b c d REaDIng 21 1 What are your reasons for applying for this position? 2 What would you say are your greatest strengths? 3 Are you confident that you’ll complete the full two years? 4 What contributions will you make to good staff relations? 5 How will you handle living in a closed community? 6 What do you hope to have achieved after six months in the job? 7 What do you intend to do after this job? 8 What do you think you’ll be doing in five years’ time? a by the time you go home b you have the right people skills c spending so much time indoors d wanting a change in your life e with the skills you gain f the social life of the station g ten years h your weaker points Mailiac 6 June, 4.57 pm Be your spontaneous self! You’ve just come out of a terrible interview. You felt that you could have done so much better. Easy to relate that scenario? It’s a fact that a lot of things can go wrong at an interview. I believe that many candidates don’t succeed getting the job because they focus the wrong things. An easy mistake to make is planning too much, immersing yourself facts and figures and anticipating the questions to come. That’s fine, but it’s easy to get overwhelmed. The problem with over-planning is that you don’t rely your ability to improvise. You should aim do a bit of both – plan and go with the flow. Of course, it’s also important to be relaxed and natural. Don’t pretend be someone you aren’t, just to impress. Be honest and if you don’t know, say so! You will always come as more convincing if you choose be yourself. Take my advice before the interview: just invest a few minutes doing a rehearsal with a friend. Ask them to think some surprise questions, then you can practise responding spontaneously. This will help give you confidence on the big day. Candidates often blame their failure nerves. But I think it’s often due a lack of spontaneity and an inability to cope surprises. That, and not being yourself. Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv